He served 20 years in the military. No, he’s not the macho militarists; our guest today retired Lt Col. William Astore says empire is killing the America he served to protect. Our insane war budget, our “full spectrum global dominance” is resulting in an Iron Curtain here at home, the real heroes are those speaking out. Like Snowden, Manning, and Assange. Meanwhile the glorification of all things military is making domestic gun violence worse, as our effort to dominate the world weakens America. This guy knows what he’s talking about, give a full listen.